At the RedBox

A few winters back, we would go to a local video store, buy a one month video ticket and rent movies to our hearts content. Then the video store went out of business and we needed to find an alternative sources. We discovered the library had a small DVD collection, but we quickly saw most of the movies there. Now, when we rent movies, we go to RedBox. It's the easiest way to rent movies yet.

Most neighborhoods have a RedBox. I'm sure you've seen them. The RedBox is about the size of soda dispensing machine, and it's red. Inside it are a variety of movies and video games. The system is slick. Find the RedBox nearest you, see what movies that particular RedBox is offering, select what you want to see, swipe your credit card, and a neatly wrapped DVD of your choice pops out a slot on the side of the RedBox. When you return it the next day (to any RedBox), just pop the DVD back into the slot and you are done. You will receive two emails: one when you rent the movie and one when you return it. 

We have rented three RedBox movies this past week. The first one was The Man from U.N.C.L.E which was OK. I wanted to see what they had done with the old TV series and frankly, I did not think they did much with the story. It was a simple 1960s spy movie that did not work anymore. Next we rented Mission Impossible: Rogue Nation and it was pretty good. It was typical Mission Impossible story with some good stunts and gadgets and an interesting story line. Tonight we rented Terminator Genesis with the Gover-nator, Arnold. It was the best of the lot. A very complicated story, lots of fun graphics and action, action, action. 

Who knows what will be rented next. I've downloaded the RedBox app. All I have to do is select what I want to see, and it will be waiting for me at the RedBox I specify. It's an easy way to rent movies, and every RedBox has a slightly different selection.